It’s a terrible thing to be done with your work and to wait those last few minutes doing nothing or perhaps your lines have dropped, what do you do to pass the time?
The Herald compiled this list of Google Easter eggs that you can entertain yourself with when, well, you have nothing else to do.
Easter eggs are not just chocolaty spherical deliciousness that stores sell, there are many hidden places and entertaining secrets on the internet which are also called Easter eggs.
Google, being Google is packed full of these wonderful little surprises and so is Facebook, YouTube, and many other media platforms so sit back and let us show you how to access this secret wonderland.
Have a few minutes to kill at work but you don’t really feel like checking your email again? Play the once great (it will pretty much always be great) Atari Breakout in Google images.
Type ‘Atari Breakout’ into Google images and play this classic came with all the photo search results.
Has your internet connection dropped? Why not play a hidden offline game while you wait?
Open a new tab in your browser and try to Google anything. Your browser will tell you that you are not connected followed by a picture of a dinosaur and the words “Unable to connect to the internet.” This is actually a game. Once you see this dinosaur press the spacebar and start the game.
Want to see something interesting in between your work screen?
Type producten.hema.nl (Hema Product page) into your browser and witness the magic.
We know how much you like to Facebook at work. The usual Facebook names for things like News Feed, Home, and Calendar will change to be, well, more pirate-y.
Are you a big fan of Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy?
Google “The answer to life the universe and everything.” If you remember the movie well, you would know the answer to life, the universe and everything is the number 42.
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